Section 4 AAC 12.900 - Definitions(a) In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) "Alaska studies" means study of the environment, indigenous and immigrant residents, and institutions of this state, with specific study of the social, economic, and political history of this state and the educational institutions and laws that affect the people of this state;(2) "board" means the state Board of Education and Early Development;(3) "certifying state agency" means the agency or entity in another jurisdiction that has responsibility to certify teachers, administrators, and special services personnel as qualified to assume duties in that jurisdiction's public schools;(4) "commissioner" means the commissioner of education and early development;(5) "credit" means credit granted by a regionally or nationally accredited institution of higher education;(6) "crosscultural communications" means an interdisciplinary examination of communication and language in a crosscultural educational situation, with specific study of the language, literacy, and interethnic communication of children, and cultures, in this state;(7) "department" means the Department of Education and Early Development;(8) "limited certificate" means a certificate issued under AS 14.20.025 and 4 AAC 12.346 12.370 - 4 AAC 12.375, and 4 AAC 12.390;(9) "multicultural education" means the study of the meaning of culture, and the relationship and influences between culture and education, with specific study of the teaching, administration, and effectiveness of schooling as they relate to multicultural student populations in this state;(10) "nonacademic credit" means credit granted by the commissioner for travel, institutes, and workshops, which may be applied toward renewal of certificates;(11) "non-instructional position" means a position for which a teaching certificate is required, but that does not include instruction in a preschool - 12th grade setting;(12) "preparing institution" means the institution of higher learning or a state agency from which the applicant graduated or at which the applicant completed the program or earned the credits required for a certificate or endorsement;(13) "sexual conduct" means "sexual penetration" and "sexual contact" as those terms are defined in AS 11.81.900;(14) "special services area" means school nurse, social worker, speech therapist, psychologist, librarian, and other areas as approved as special service areas by the state board.(15) "early career teacher" means an educator in the first or second year of employment as a teacher;(16) "microcredential" means a competency-based recognition issued by a school district or an educational organization that(A) is aligned with a statewide priority area adopted under AS 14.07.165;(B) allows an educator to demonstrate mastery in a skill or set of skills; and(C) is approved by the department based on a completed application form submitted to the department by a district or an educational organization;(17) "statewide priority area" means a goal of the board adopted under AS 14.07.165.(18) "reading teacher" has the meaning provided in AS 14.30.765(n).(c) As used in AS 14.20 and this chapter, "teacher"(1) means a person who, for compensation, instructs or teaches students in any grade from preschool - 12th grade;(2) includes (A) an administrator who supervises a teacher or an educational program provided by a teacher;(B) a provider of special education and related services who is not regularly supervised by another person in the same room, classroom, or other location; and(C) a school counselor, nurse, or psychologist; and(3) does not include (A) a student teacher authorized under 4 AAC 30.020;(B) a volunteer not working for compensation; or(C) an administrator, such as a business manager, who does not supervise students or teachers.Eff. 5/30/71, Register 38; am 10/4/73, Register 47; am 8/12/82, Register 83; am 6/9/85, Register 94; am 4/9/87, Register 102; am 7/1/90, Register 114; am 8/8/91, Register 119; am 7/2/93, Register 126; am 6/9/95, Register 134; am 4/4/96, Register 138; am 6/28/98, Register 146; am 3/31/2002, Register 161; am 9/29/2005, Register 175; am 10/21/2007, Register 184; am 4/24/2016, Register 218, July 2016; am 10/26/2022, Register 244, January 2023; am 7/1/2023, Register 247, October 2023Authority:AS 14.07.060
AS 14.20.010
AS 14.20.020